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Painkiller Is Making Me Fall Asleep As I Am Typi

911paramedic

911paramedic

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Wow, seriously strong stuff. I see my pain specialist tomorrow and with any luck I'll get it changed to something else. I will say that she is one hell of a good doctor though.

She gets all my meds cleared through my insurance before I leave her office, gave me a tens unit and said not to worry about paying for it if she couldn't get the insurance to. She is wicked smart, and I don't say that about too many doctors.

This is just one of the papers I signed when I started going to see her, it should give you an idea of how serious they are at that office:

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE PRESCRIPTION AGREEMENT

This is an agreement between the patient and the doctor to help facilitate the legal distribution of controlled substances for the relief of chronic pain. I understand the treatment goal while using these controlled substances is to improve my ability to function and to alleviate the anguish of pain. I realize that my pain may not totally be alleviated by the use of controlled substance medication (narcotics)

PATIENT RESPONSIBILITIES

_______ I am responsible for my medication. If the prescription or medication is lost, stolen, or misplaced, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MEDICATION WILL NOT BE REPLACED.

_______ Pain medication can cause drowsiness, especially when taken with other sedating drugs. I will not drink alcohol while taking the prescribed pain medication. I will use caution when taking other sedating drugs, including over the counter non-prescription medication (such as anti-histamines).

_______ I will take all medication as prescribed. If my pain is relieved or lessened, I will gradually taper down the amount of medication I am taking. If I use all of the medication sooner than the duration prescribed, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MEDICATION WILL NOT BE REFILLED SOONER.

_______ I understand that refill request must be received by noon the day prior to designated refill days.There will be no exceptions.

_______ I will contact my pharmacy 48 hours prior to the date my medication runs out. My pharmacy will FAX the request to the office for approval. I understand that my medication will not be approved if I request a refill before the 48 hours refill date.

_______ Only one health care provider (MD, PA, or NP) will prescribe all narcotic type medication at any given time. I understand that if I receive narcotic medication from multiple providers that is grounds for IMMEDIATE TERMINATION FROM CARE.

_______ I will receive all controlled substance medication (narcotics) from one pharmacy. I AGREE TO NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF MEDICATION
PRESCRIBED.
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Can you guess what I'm taking right now? 😕

(This is the first time I've been able to take a deep breath in I don't know how long though, I may kiss her tomorrow. I didn't see a clause that said that was a reason for termination.)
 
911paramedic said:
Well, lets just say that she upgraded me from Norco twice.
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I went from Norco (took it for a year) to Percocet to Oxycontin + Oxycodone IR for breakthrough. Been on that on a pretty steady low dose for almost two years now.

So...Percocet?
 
I'm somewhat non-reactive to most of the pain stuff I've taken. usually I take enough of it till it makes me sleepy then sleep away the pain for how ever many days it takes. Couple months ago I had a couple weeks worth of oxy, could actually feel it start to make me a bit medicine head/affected motor control before I got to the go to bed stage.
 
My wife had to sign a similar agreement with her pain specialist.

wtf is up with them saying if your drugs are stolen you don't get anything to replace it. Wonderful, someone breaks into my house and steals the wife's meds, she gets to spend the balance of the month laying in bed moaning in pain. I guess I'm supposed to set up some sort of multi-layered secure perimeter with her meds at the center in Squisher's vault.
 
Squisher said:
My wife had to sign a similar agreement with her pain specialist.

wtf is up with them saying if your drugs are stolen you don't get anything to replace it. Wonderful, someone breaks into my house and steals the wife's meds, she gets to spend the balance of the month laying in bed moaning in pain. I guess I'm supposed to set up some sort of multi-layered secure perimeter with her meds at the center in Squisher's vault.
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Because which scenario is more likely?

1. Someone BREAKS IN to your house and steals your medications?
2. You sell the meds on the street and claim they were stolen, flushed down the toilet, or some other excuse?

Oh wait, this is America. Of course it's option 1.
 
I think my guesses have been taken, I'd say something like hydrocodone (lortab) or oxycodone. Those always get me loopy.
 
Don't all doctors have to make you sign one of those agreements before prescribing schedule II painkillers? Isn't it the law?
 
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crab said:
I went from Norco (took it for a year) to Percocet to Oxycontin + Oxycodone IR for breakthrough. Been on that on a pretty steady low dose for almost two years now.

So...Percocet?
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Percocet is the one we tried after Norco.

Kobota said:
Dilaudid? that shit always put me to sleep, and itchy
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No, but this stuff makes me itchy too! That's one of the things I was going to talk to her about tomorrow, my skin is getting ruined because I'm scratching so damn much.

None of the others were correct either BTW.
 
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